Work & commute · Cochrane

Work & commute in Cochrane, WI

Most working residents leave Cochrane for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Winona (23%), Alma (6%) and Whitehall (5%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12 of 224 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 212 Cochrane residents head out of town to work, 12 work right here, and 152 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cochrane.

212live here, work elsewhere

12live and work here

152work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cochrane goes to work

Winona, MN14.8 mi away

23%52

Alma8.7 mi away

6%14

Cochrane (in town)right here

5%12

Whitehall26.6 mi away

5%11

Goodview, MN12.7 mi away

4%10

Waumandee6.6 mi away

4%9

Wabasha, MN14.2 mi away

4%8

Buffalo City1.2 mi away

3%7

La Crosse41.3 mi away

3%6

Belvidere3.2 mi away

3%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%89

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Cochrane commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

21%

41%

18%

19%

21%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cochrane is a commuter town

0.73jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.73 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Cochrane are

164 jobs are based in Cochrane. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cochrane’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Cochrane

164 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)52%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Cochrane residents hold

224 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+13%

Jobs based in Cochrane, 2013 → 2023: 145 → 164. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.